The Handbook of Investor Relations and Financial Communications

Intro -- The Handbook of Financial Communication and Investor Relations -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Part I The Foundations of Financial Communication and Investor Relations -- 1 Investor Relations and Financial Communication -- Definitions -- Return on Expectations -- Efficient Market Hypothesis -- A History of Investor Relations and Financial Communication -- Preprofessional Period -- Professional Period -- Conclusion -- References -- 2 Crisis Communication -- The Effects of Crises on Stock Market Prices -- Product Safety Crises: Recalls -- Boycotts and Protests -- Management Misconduct -- Communication and Market Reactions to Crises -- Recall Remedies -- Recall Communication Strategies -- Pre-recall Advertising -- Interpolating Crisis Communication Research and Effects of Investor Reactions to Crises -- Stealing Thunder -- Denial as a Crisis Response -- Victim-Centered Crisis Responses -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 Risk, Uncertainty, and Message Convergence -- Conceptualization of Risk in the Context of Finances -- Social Amplification of Risk -- Message Convergence: An Argumentation Alternative -- The Message Convergence Framework and the Construal of Financial Risks -- Message Encounter -- Consistency Evaluation -- Validity Assessment -- Amplification or Attenuation -- Message Construal -- Conclusion About the Message -- Discussion and Recommendations -- Environmental Scanning -- Strategic Message Design -- Feedback Loops -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 The Role of Argumentation in Financial Communication and Investor Relations -- The Rhetorical Component of Financial Communication and Investor Relations -- Financial Communication and Investor Relations as Strategic Argumentation -- Argumentative Issues and Standpoints in Financial Communication -- What Makes Information Relevant? A Model of Argumentative Inference.